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Indiana Court Recognizes Public Right to Walk and Sunbathe on Lake Michigan Shore

This July, La Porte County Judge Richard R. Stalbrink ruled that Indiana holds the state’s Lake Michigan shore in trust for public uses, including swimming,...

Categories: Blog, Gunderson
Issues: Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Protecting the Endangered Indiana Bat

We are arguing in court that the endangered Indiana bat deserves more protection than it is getting in the process for approving wind energy installations....

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

Good News on the Lake Michigan Shore

The Center has been representing the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Save the Dunes in a lawsuit in which certain owners of lakeside property...

Categories: Blog, Gunderson
Issues: Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC prevails in Endangered Species Act lawsuit against US Fish and Wildlife permitting of wind farms harming Indiana bats

Union Neighbors United, Inc. v. Sally Jewell...

Categories: Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Defending Public Rights to Lake Michigan Shore

CLC is representing the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Save the Dunes in litigation over the application of the public trust and the boundary...

Categories: Blog, Gunderson
Issues: Biodiversity, Land, Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Files Friend of Court Brief for American Bird Conservancy

On behalf of the American Bird Conservancy, the Conservation Law Center filed an amicus curiae — a friend of the court — brief in a...

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Comments on the Draft Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

The CLC has submitted comments (together with American Bird Conservancy) on the Draft Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS)....

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

Safeguarding Public Trust Rights on Lake Michigan

Gunderson v. State, Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources & Pavlock v. State...

Categories: Gunderson
Issues: Public Trust
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Beech Ridge Energy’s Draft Habitat Conservation Plan and the Service’s associated Draft Environmental Impact Statement

The CLC recently submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Beech Ridge Energy's Draft Habitat Conservation Plan and the...

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Buckeye Wind LLC’s application for an Incidental Take Permit

The CLC submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Buckeye Wind LLC's application for an Incidental Take Permit for the federally endangered...

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Represents Clients in Oral Argument at the Indiana Supreme Court

The CLC's Jeff Hyman represented three Indiana environmental groups in oral arguments before the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday, March 15, in a case that...

Categories: Blog, Save the Valley
Issues: Land
Services: Legal Advocacy, Nonprofit Support

Great Plains Wind Corridor Comments

The CLC, in collaboration with American Bird Conservancy (ABC), recently submitted comments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's initial plan to fast-track wind energy...

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

Victory: CLC wins at Indiana Supreme Court for the right for environmental orgs to represent their members in litigation

Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation v. Save the Valley, Inc....

Categories: Save the Valley
Issues: Biodiversity, Community-Centered Conservation, Land, Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

CLC Prevails in IKEC v Citizens Groups; IKEC Appeals

The Conservation Law Center is representing three Indiana environmental groups in litigation filed by the Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation (IKEC), the operators of the Clifty Creek...

Categories: Blog, Save the Valley
Issues: Land, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Litigator of the Year Award Bestowed on CLC Staff Attorney Jeffrey B. Hyman by HEC

CLC Staff Attorney, Jeffrey B. Hyman, has been named the Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC) "Litigator of the Year" for his talents and dedication, especially in...

Categories: Blog, Save the Valley
Issues: Land, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy, Nonprofit Support

Ensuring Responsible and Environmentally Sensitive Development of Renewable Energy

Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are critical components of our national strategy to fend off climate change, reduce pollution, and promote energy...

Categories: Blog, Buckeye
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Legal Advocacy

Incorporating Nonprofits to Support Biodiversity

CLC helped Friends of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge become a nonprofit...

Categories: Friends of Patoka
Issues: Biodiversity
Services: Nonprofit Support

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